One important provision of the Bill is to a National Transportation Policy with a view to establish a planning framework within which transport bodies and all forms of road transport would operate.
Ranbaxy Laboratories has received two major drug approvals in the US and India. The US Foods and Drugs Administration (USFDA) has given the company a go ahead for manufacture and marketing of
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has made specific proposals to the government for the forthcoming Budget and the Tenth Plan. All these proposals are designed to make Indian
The development of biotechnologies has changed not only the cycles of drug development but has also met the challenges in many areas. In India, the value of total biotech products is estimated at
The farmers organizations have geared up their suggestion to the government for introducing reform in agriculture in the ensuing Union Budget. The Virgina Tobacco Growers Association (VTGA) has
The food processing industries ministry has demanded an allocation of Rs 2,265 crore in the Tenth Plan. It has also demanded Budgetary support for the revival of the sole public sector undertaking
Public-private partnerships promise to be the best strategy to combat AIDS. The course is too big for governments to go it alone. With an infected population of 3.9 million, India is next only to
The Madras High Court upheld a Tamil Nadu government order doubling the royalty and dead rent in respect of patta lands leased out for mining purpose from the present 50 per cent to 100 per cent with
The Union Budget has not proposed any concrete measures for reforms in the farm sector. The announcements made seems to be of cosmetic changes. The pronouncement of three major polices like the long
Cotton farmers in Andhra Pradesh are facing tough times. Reports from cotton growing areas in the state suggest that, unable to bear rising debts, as many as 50 farmers have committed suicide in and
Tamil Nadu is embarking on a large scale agriculture sector modernisatin and reform by focusing on increased productivity and production, water harvesting, wasteland development, agricultural
